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[[Orcish curse]] is the perfect example of existing a speech style different to " | [[Orcish curse]] is the perfect example of existing a speech style different to " | ||
- | * archaic, " | + | * [[archaic_style|archaic]], " |
- | * standard language brings some analyticness | + | * standard language brings some analytic |
- | * colloquial, similar to Orcish curse, highly analytical, | + | * colloquial, similar to Orcish curse, highly analytical, |
===== Differences from Standard Nûrlâm ===== | ===== Differences from Standard Nûrlâm ===== | ||
Colloquial analytic speech differs from standard Nûrlâm in following ways: | Colloquial analytic speech differs from standard Nûrlâm in following ways: | ||
+ | * suffixes of verb's 3rd person and number may be skipped; | ||
* no [[clitics|clitic]] words, all postpositions, | * no [[clitics|clitic]] words, all postpositions, | ||
* **post**positions became **pre**positions; | * **post**positions became **pre**positions; | ||
- | | + | * suffixes of verb' |
- | | + | * infinitives and gerundives are combined into one grammatical form with suffix //-at// but called infinitive |
+ | * modal meanings of gerundive are not used, replaced with modal-like verbs (must, want, intend) or relative clauses after conjunction " | ||
- | Colloquial language however introduced a feature of synthetic language, suffixes for the category of [[grammar_number|number]] for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, participles. | + | Colloquial language however introduced a feature of //synthetic// language |
+ | * plural suffixes are added to nouns (see [[grammar_number# | ||
+ | * adjectives and adjectival participles should agree with noun in number; | ||
+ | * some personal pronouns have different forms (see [[pronouns# | ||
+ | * all type of pronouns may be pluralized the same way as nouns (except pro-adverbs); | ||
+ | * few postpositions may still be used sometimes for [[grammar_case|cases]] (genitive-possessive, | ||
As analytical Nûrlâm represents variety of orcish dialects, these features may occur in different combinations and be somewhere in between the Standard and Colloquial language. | As analytical Nûrlâm represents variety of orcish dialects, these features may occur in different combinations and be somewhere in between the Standard and Colloquial language. | ||
==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||
+ | ^ Standard Nûrlâm ^ English translation ^ Modern Nûrlâm ^ | ||
+ | | Za sigûrz glamb naruglubû urukforum | These long claws will not scare the brave orc | Zaz sigûrzû glambû ub nar ugl(û) za for uruk | | ||
+ | | Mûr gifauth dâdishi? | Why do you((plural)) hide in the shadows? | Mûr latû fauth ishi dâd? | | ||
+ | | Gunduzg kulâ shadat | Gondor must be destroyed | Gunduzg maug kulat shadag | |